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Welcome to KLIKme Smokey Mountain
Smokey Mountain in Manila is known as a notoriously impoverished community, a garbage dumpsite the size of a huge mountain. Garbage was continuously burned, hence the “smokey” name. Majority of residents have not completed high school & have minimal digital literacy. KLIKme hopes to make a positive difference.
KLIKme Smokey-PH Community Learning Center
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A KLIKme Community is made possible by sponsors who financially contribute to cover the program expenses, namely:
- the Facilitator Allowances
- cost of Smartphones and Laptops
- some Learning Center expenses
- seed money for Learners' incentives
- part of the KLIKme Mobile App development and maintenance
- part of the KLIKme Learning Materials development
- training, support, and oversight of Facts and Learners
THANK YOU KLIKme ANGELS!
KLIKm SMOKEY MTN-PH ANGEL: REYNALDO "BONG" MACATULA
Reynaldo "Bong" Macatula and his wife Mia Encarnacion Macatula are longtime supporters of GKONOMICS, having sponsored GKONOMICS scholars at Dualtech Learning Center and MINT College, and also consistently donating tp the annual Kiddie Paskuhan that brings Christmas cheer to disadvantaged children in the Philippines.
In 2022, Bong embraced KLIKme and initiated a ground-breaking funding drive for two KLIKme communities with his generous employer, Capital Group, and fellow Filipino-American co-workers at Capital Group.
Thank you Bong, Mia, Capital Group, and all the Fil-Am Cap Group employees who helped jumpstart our KLIKme pilot communities!
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COMMUNITY LIAISON
Mara Salvacion, KLIKme's Implementation Director, serves as the community liaison for Smokey Mountain-Paradise Heights, being a resident of the community herself.
THE BEGINNINGS OF KLIKME
One of the first two pilot communities of KLIKme in 2016 is Paradise Heights-Smokey Mountain, Manila. GKONOMICS has been working with the community since 2009 with various livelihood projects.